I've been thinking about a full size, steel 1911 for range work. My Para LTC has an alloy frame and I don't like to hot rod it for obvious reasons. It's never given me a moments trouble and I'd like to keep it that way.
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Then I saw on the wall a Savage 23D in .22 Hornet with a Fecker scope.
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The scope has a 4 digit starting with either a 6 or 8 IIRC (is it the model or serial number?), has a 3/4" eyepiece and the objective is 1"-1.25". The lenses seem dirty but undamaged but I couldn't figure out how to adjust the focus or magnification (or what magnification it might be). There is a ring about mid-way down the tube that rotates but didn't seem to adjust anything focus or magnigfication-wise and there was a scale of sorts that looked like it went from 2 up to 16 (a 2-16x scope maybe?)
From what I can tell, it's priced at the top end of "right" given the combination but the scope unknowns are stopping me at the moment.
Speaking of combinations...the thread on the Baikal O/U combos got me to looking at them again. I found a nicely priced NIB .410/.22WMR but I can't say I use either caliber very much (as in, at all
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The older Savage combos (there's that Savage link again) interest me but I need more info. What models were there (were there different models besides the 24?) and what gauge/caliber combos were there? Going rate nowadays? I think a 20/.22H or 20/.357 would be a real fun-time combo!
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So, talk (errr, type) to me. The 1911 isn't high on my list right now. Is the 23D worth looking at again? Maybe one of the combos instead? My uses would be fun time range shooting and looking at it fondly....
Thanks!
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